"imitate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ [US] Audio: En-us-imitate.ogg [US] Forms: imitates [present, singular, third-person], imitating [participle, present], imitated [participle, past], imitated [past]
Etymology: From Latin imitatus, past participle of imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|imitatus}} Latin imitatus, {{m|la|imito||to copy, portray, imitate}} imito (“to copy, portray, imitate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} imitate (third-person singular simple present imitates, present participle imitating, simple past and past participle imitated)
  1. To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of. Derived forms: self-imitate Related terms: imitation, imitative, imitable, imitator, decoy, fake, lie Translations (to follow as a model): namaak (Afrikaans), naboots (Afrikaans), na-aap (Afrikaans), قَلَّدَ (qallada) (Arabic), قلد (ʔallid) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), قَلَّد (gallad) [Hijazi-Arabic] (Arabic), ընդօրինակել (əndōrinakel) (Armenian), imitar (Asturian), перайма́ць (pjerajmácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), імітава́ць (imitavácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), подража́вам (podražávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), имити́рам (imitíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), imitar (Catalan), 模擬 (Chinese Mandarin), 模拟 (mónǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), napodobit [imperfective] (Czech), nabootsen (Dutch), imiteren (Dutch), matkima (Estonian), matkia (Finnish), imiter (French), imitar (Galician), arremedar (Galician), imitieren (German), utánoz (Hungarian), imitál (Hungarian), imitare (Italian), 倣う (narau) (alt: ならう) (Japanese), 真似る (maneru) (alt: まねる) (Japanese), 模倣する (mohō suru) (alt: もほうする) (Japanese), ត្រាប់ (trap) (Khmer), ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម (thvəə trap taam) (Khmer), 흉내내다 (hyungnaenaeda) (Korean), 본뜨다 (bontteuda) (Korean), imitor (Latin), tiru (Malay), utiba (Maore Comorian), whakatau (Maori), onhyrian (Old English), naśladować [imperfective] (Polish), udawać [imperfective] (Polish), imitować [imperfective] (Polish), imitar (Portuguese), подража́ть (podražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), имити́ровать (imitírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), oponašati (Slovene), posnemati (Slovene), imitirati (Slovene), imitar (Spanish), iga (Swahili), imitera (alt: 1) (Swedish), imitera (Swedish), härma (alt: 2) (Swedish), అనుకరించు (anukariñcu) (Telugu), เลียน (liian) (Thai), เลียนแบบ (liian-bɛ̀ɛp) (Thai), taklit etmek (Turkish), öykünmek (Turkish), örnek almak (Turkish), удава́ти (udaváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), наслі́дувати (naslíduvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), імітува́ти (imituváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), recavar (Venetian), nhái (Vietnamese), bắt chước (Vietnamese), theo đòi (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "roman": "əndōrinakel",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ընդօրինակել"
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "pjerajmácʹ",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podražávam",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "подража́вам"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "imitíram",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "模擬"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mónǐ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "模拟"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "nabootsen"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imiteren"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "matkima"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "matkia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imiter"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "arremedar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "utánoz"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitál"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitare"
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          "alt": "ならう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "narau",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "倣う"
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        {
          "alt": "まねる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "maneru",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "真似る"
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          "alt": "もほうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mohō suru",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "模倣する"
        },
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "trap",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ត្រាប់"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "thvəə trap taam",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hyungnaenaeda",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "흉내내다"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bontteuda",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "본뜨다"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitor"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "tiru"
        },
        {
          "code": "swb",
          "lang": "Maore Comorian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "utiba"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "whakatau"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "onhyrian"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "naśladować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "udawać"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "imitować"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podražátʹ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "подража́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "imitírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "имити́ровать"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "oponašati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "posnemati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitirati"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitar"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "iga"
        },
        {
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitera"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "imitera"
        },
        {
          "alt": "2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "härma"
        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "anukariñcu",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "అనుకరించు"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "liian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "เลียน"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "liian-bɛ̀ɛp",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "เลียนแบบ"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "taklit etmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "öykünmek"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "örnek almak"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "udaváty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "удава́ти"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naslíduvaty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "наслі́дувати"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "imituváty",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "імітува́ти"
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          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "nhái"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "bắt chước"
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to follow as a model",
          "word": "theo đòi"
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    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "fake"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "lie"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1870, Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste, page 170",
          "text": "Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 August 21, Tik Root, “Inside the Race to Build the World's First Commercial Octopus Farm”, in Time",
          "text": "The room was dark and cool, lit with a dim red light. “This was designed to imitate a cave,” said Rosas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ],
        [
          "model",
          "model"
        ],
        [
          "pattern",
          "pattern"
        ],
        [
          "copy",
          "copy"
        ],
        [
          "counterpart",
          "counterpart"
        ],
        [
          "semblance",
          "semblance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪmɪteɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-imitate.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/En-us-imitate.ogg/En-us-imitate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-imitate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "ape"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "imitate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mimic"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "simulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "copy"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "ditto"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "echo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "emulate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "parallel"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "match"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mime"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mirror"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "mock"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:imitate",
      "word": "reproduce"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "namaak"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "naboots"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "na-aap"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qallada",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "قَلَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔallid",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قلد"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "gallad",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قَلَّد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "əndōrinakel",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ընդօրինակել"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pjerajmácʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перайма́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "imitavácʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "імітава́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podražávam",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подража́вам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "imitíram",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "имити́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "模擬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mónǐ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "模拟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "napodobit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "nabootsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imiteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "matkima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "matkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "arremedar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "utánoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ならう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "narau",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "倣う"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まねる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "maneru",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "真似る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もほうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mohō suru",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "模倣する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trap",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ត្រាប់"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "thvəə trap taam",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "ធ្វើត្រាប់តាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hyungnaenaeda",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "흉내내다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bontteuda",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "본뜨다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "tiru"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "utiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "whakatau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "onhyrian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "naśladować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "udawać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "imitować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podražátʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подража́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "imitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "имити́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "oponašati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "posnemati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "iga"
    },
    {
      "alt": "1",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "imitera"
    },
    {
      "alt": "2",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "härma"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "anukariñcu",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "అనుకరించు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "liian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "เลียน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "liian-bɛ̀ɛp",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "เลียนแบบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "taklit etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "öykünmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "örnek almak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "udaváty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "удава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naslíduvaty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наслі́дувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "imituváty",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "імітува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "recavar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "nhái"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "bắt chước"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to follow as a model",
      "word": "theo đòi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "imitate"
}

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